“Oberlin Stage Left” Series Launches With Online Performances & Interviews

Rock music biographer Peter Ames Carlin, interviewed on Thu 4/16

Oberlin College may be on lockdown other than those stranded students we told you about last week. But its new series of digital discussions and performances called Oberlin Stage Left has finally launched, with its first episode airing on April 14. And with a world-class conservatory on campus, it’ll have plenty of material.

The series features the college’s faculty and students, along with musical guests. As they describe it “It’ll be fun. It’ll be informative. It’ll be distinctly Oberlin. And it will carry us all through the days till we share the music together—in person—again.”

“With this great wealth of creativity come great opportunities to share it with those who can’t experience it firsthand,” says dean of the conservatory William Quillen. “Through Oberlin Stage Left, we are thrilled to offer exciting new points of connection, inspiration, and discovery for everyone who finds joy and comfort in the work of our creative community.”

The series will air three times a week: Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons at oberlin.edu/conservatory/stage-left.

The first show Tue 4/14 @ 7:30pm features Dean Quillem interviewing Oberlin harp professor Yolanda Kondonassis about her successful career, which includes a Grammy nomination and her affinity for the work of Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera. The interview will be followed by a pre-recorded performance by Kondonassis and the Oberlin Orchestra of Ginastera’s Harp Concerto, which was on the Oberlin Music recording Ginastera: One Hundred.

On Thu 4/16 @ 7:30pm Oberlin assistant professor of ethnomusicology Dr. Kathryn Metz will host a discussion with rock music biographer Peter Carlin about, among other things, his research on the Beach Boys Brian Wilson and his upcoming book on Warner Bros Records. He’s also written biographies of Paul Simon and Bruce Springsteen.

On Sun 4/19 @ 2pm, it will air the 2016 documentary Composed, which looks at performance anxiety (aka stage fright) among classical musicians, with interviews with musicians, including Oberlin professors, violists Peter Slowik and oboe/English horn player Robert Walters, and mental health experts. It will follow an interview with London Chamber Symphony cellist Rachael Lander, who is featured in the film.

And on Tue 4/21 the show is titled Beat the Blues on Broadway! On it associate professor of professor Dr. Jamie O’Leary and assistant professor of opera theater Chris Mirto will show viewers why “it’s a good day to be fabulous.”

Go here to stay updated on what’s coming up next.

 

 

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